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Colombian human rights activists threatened
24 August 2012

LGBTI activists, trade unionists, victims associations and human rights defenders in Barrancabermeja, Northern Colombia, have received death threats from paramilitaries ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/030/2012

Colombia: Indigenous leader killed amid ongoing fighting in Cauca ...
15 August 2012

The Colombian authorities must do more to protect civilians increasingly caught up in the country's ongoing armed conflict.

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Colombia: Trade unionists' lives in danger in Colombia
9 August 2012

Trade unionists Oscar Arturo Orozco and Wilson Jaramillo's lives are in danger after shots were fired at the car they were travelling in on 4 August in Caldas Department ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/029/2012

Os governos devem parar de impor projetos de infraestrutura nos ...
8 August 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC DOCUMENT. 8 August 2012. Index: AMR 01/005/2012. Governments must stop imposing development projects on ...

Document       AMR 01/005/2012

Americas: Governments must stop imposing development projects on ...
8 August 2012

Governments across the Americas continue to discriminate against Indigenous peoples by denying their right to have a say on decisions which may have devastating ...

Document       AMR 01/005/2012

Colombia: Two women must be released immediately
2 August 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AMR 23/028/2012. 02 August 2012. Colombia: Two women must be released immediately ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/028/2012

Colombia: Civilians at risk as fighting escalates
17 July 2012

In recent weeks several civilians have been injured and thousands have been forcibly displaced as the armed conflict between the security forces and the Revolutionary ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/026/2012

Colombia: Ratification of the enforced disappearance convention, a ...
17 July 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: AMR 23/027/2012 17 July 2012. Colombia: Ratification of the enforced disappearance ...

Public Statement       AMR 23/027/2012

Colombia: Paramilitaries threaten Peace Community
9 July 2012

Members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in northern Colombia have received death threats from paramilitaries. The Colombian armed forces have ...

Urgent Action       AMR 23/025/2012

Colombia: Paramilitary death threats
6 July 2012

Thirteen Colombian human rights defenders and politicians have been declared "military targets" by a paramilitary group, and told they will be killed.

Urgent Action       AMR 23/024/2012